Mixing Lapis Lazuli, Molybdenum, Volcanic Sand & Carborundum into my Clay
Florian Gadsby
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It's time for yet another round of exciting raw material experiments. This time I'm wedging all kinds of things into the clay I use. There's molybdenum, volcanic sand, carborundum, titanium siliconite, peridot, lapis lazuli and finally, some red garnet. All of which have different textures and consistencies and change how the stoneware clay throws and trims.
With these, I'll be throwing and trimming a batch of test bowls and I apologise in advance for the 'teaser', as this is only the first step in the creation process, the initial wedging, throwing and turning of the bowls once they're leather hard.
My YouTube channel closely follows the day-to-day activities in the workshop, which often means I don't get to immediately see the results but that's working with clay, it's a slow process full of long periods of waiting for pots to dry, accumulate and then finally cool down in the kiln.
Rest assured, I will share the finished results when the time comes, when they've been reduction fired to cone ten, (1290ºC), but it may be a few weeks yet!
⚙️ • How to attach pots onto the wheel: How to Attach Pottery to the Wheel When Tr...
📚 • You'll find many more guides on how to centre and pull up the walls of clay here: How to Throw a Pot — A Beginner's Guide
📖 • ORDER MY BOOK: https://geni.us/bymyhands
📢 • Find out much more about my work here: https://linktr.ee/floriangadsby
⏱ • Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction & mixing the raw materials into my clay
0:22 - The materials I'll be using
4:15 - Preparing the clay
8:22 - Throwing the bowls
11:55 - Drying the bowls slowly & evenly overnight
12:25 - Trimming the bowls
21:26 - A failed attempt
22:15 - The 7 bowls
23:45 - Clean up
*I throw using both a Rohde HMT 500 & 600 potter's wheel and fire using Rohde kilns too, the electric is a TE-200 and the gas kiln is a KG-340.
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20 Comments
There is a reason I'm not a potter.
Aside from that, I'm very much looking forward to the next episode.
if I chuck whole rocks into my midware (cone 5-6) loads, they still come out blue. but if its powdered, the blue goes away. From what i gather its sulphur based coloring, and it would make sense that sulphur would burn out in oxidation, though I'd love to see what happens to yours in reduction.
lastly, the whole body of lapis ground up and ball milled to around 200mesh works fine as essentially a feldspar in a glaze recipe, thought he sulphur content is a bit of a concern for fumes.
I recommend ruby grog, and viewing it under UV light after. its magical.
Lapis Lazuli???
GARNET??????????
Can't believe the loved cast in Steven Universe got shattered and turned into beautiful pottery 😔
Already looking forward to the results, good work!
Mixing Lapis Lazuli, Molybdenum, Volcanic Sand & Carborundum into my Clay
Florian Gadsby
160,840 views
It's time for yet another round of exciting raw material experiments. This time I'm wedging all kinds of things into the clay I use. There's molybdenum, volcanic sand, carborundum, titanium siliconite, peridot, lapis lazuli and finally, some red garnet. All of which have different textures and consistencies and change how the stoneware clay throws and trims.
With these, I'll be throwing and trimming a batch of test bowls and I apologise in advance for the 'teaser', as this is only the first step in the creation process, the initial wedging, throwing and turning of the bowls once they're leather hard.
My YouTube channel closely follows the day-to-day activities in the workshop, which often means I don't get to immediately see the results but that's working with clay, it's a slow process full of long periods of waiting for pots to dry, accumulate and then finally cool down in the kiln.
Rest assured, I will share the finished results when the time comes, when they've been reduction fired to cone ten, (1290ºC), but it may be a few weeks yet!
⚙️ • How to attach pots onto the wheel: How to Attach Pottery to the Wheel When Tr...
📚 • You'll find many more guides on how to centre and pull up the walls of clay here: How to Throw a Pot — A Beginner's Guide
📖 • ORDER MY BOOK: https://geni.us/bymyhands
📢 • Find out much more about my work here: https://linktr.ee/floriangadsby
⏱ • Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction & mixing the raw materials into my clay
0:22 - The materials I'll be using
4:15 - Preparing the clay
8:22 - Throwing the bowls
11:55 - Drying the bowls slowly & evenly overnight
12:25 - Trimming the bowls
21:26 - A failed attempt
22:15 - The 7 bowls
23:45 - Clean up
*I throw using both a Rohde HMT 500 & 600 potter's wheel and fire using Rohde kilns too, the electric is a TE-200 and the gas kiln is a KG-340.
____
Instagram – Instagram: floriangadsby
TikTok – TikTok: floriangadsby
Website – http://www.floriangadsby.com